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This is a translation of: Di Kehila Fon Horodlo (The community of Horodlo),
Editors: Y.Ch.Zawidowitch, Former Residents of Horodlo in Israel, Tel Aviv 1963 (Y)

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Translated by Gloria Berkenstat Freund

A. Forward:

A Word from the Publisher

The Editoral Committee

7

May Their Memory Live Forever!

Josef Chaim Zawidowicz

11

B. Eulogies and Appreciations

Remember the Jewish Destruction

Dr. M. Dwarczecki

14

Remember What Was Done To Us

The Rabbi Chaim Berman

17

A Yizkor Book

Henekh Berman

21

An Eternal Headstone

Shaul Kupersztok

23

Kadish for our Birthplace

Mordekhai Herbst

25

C. The City Horodlo, its Residents and its Jewish Kehile [Organized Jewish Community]

A General Description

Josef Chaim Zawidowicz

31

D. The Horodler Jews and Their Spiritual, Social and Communal Life

The City Rabbi, the Horodler Rabbi,blessed by the name of the righteous man

The Rabbi, Chaim Berman

45

Horodlo and Its Residents

Henekh Berman

54

The Horodler Jews and their Studies

Moshe Biderman

68

Horodlo, My Shtetele [small town] (Memories)

Ben-Tzion Bergman

74

Memories of Horodlo

Ruchl Bergman

88

The Young and their Communal and Cultural Work

Moshe Zauberman

96

Memories about the Life of the Horodler Young

Tzvi Plat

101

About the Young of Horodlo

Ruchl Plat

107

E. Horodlo During the First World War

Shmuel Frajnt

117

Zeev Frocht

126

The Destruction of Horodlo (Descriptions from the Survivors)

The Horodler Kehile [organized Jewish community]During the Capture of the City and the Bitter End

Fradl Sziffer (Perlmuter)

131

The Horodler Jews During the War and theirSavage Death

Arya Berger

161

The German Occupation and the Liquidation ofthe Horodler Kehile [organized Jewish community]

Abish Berger

184

Events During the Time of Occupation

Ahron Fuks

198

The Last Road

Fradl Sziffer (Perlmuter)

202

The Way of Life and Images

Dearest and Most Beloved

Josef Chaim Zawidowicz

210

Unforgettable Images

Ahron Pfluk

236

The Matis Melamed

Yisroel Barg

243

My Home City Horodlo

Avraham Kulesz

249

The Blessing of Reb Yitzhak Saler

Melakh Szechter

254

Norodler Images

Mordekhai Herbst

263

Welcoming Shabbos in Horodlo

Mordekhai Herbst

273

The First Theatrical Presentation in Our City

Yisroel Barg

277

Stories from the Not Distant Past

Josef Ari Herbst

280

Remembrances of My Family

Ruchl Bergman

283

Hirsh Zuberman

286

Memorial

Matzeyvah [headstone] for Horodler on Mount Zion - Jerusalem the Holy City